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I've been saying that for a while. I bet Google could dominate the enterprise market with HUD data while everyone else is playing around with Unity3D gaming app

I've been saying that for a while. I bet Google could dominate the enterprise market with HUD data while everyone else is playing around with Unity3D gaming apps. Of course AR gaming will be huge but data doesn't need to be 3D to be useful, or we would already have 3D displays. 2d info is more useful than 3D info, focus on that. We all watched Johnny Mnemonic browse file systems in 3D (long time ago) and that never came to pass, because it's pretty much useless to see a file system in 3D.

dzhiurgis 11y ago
The value for enterprise will be when technology be able to extract insights on the fly from it's client database. Think of it like Siri + CRM + HUD = on demand insights about customer needs, immediate details when a particular problem can be fixed given stock in warehouse. Also this will incredibly strain the user as simply he will have less time to pause between client interactions. Give it another decade and computer vision will be able to advise technicians that they are about to touch live wire, etc.
sixQuarks 11y ago
I somewhat agree with you, but I think 3d vs 2d for information usefulness has not been decided yet. You say if 3d was more useful, we'd have it by now. But we've never had the technology to make true 3d possible until now. It was tried in the 90s, but the tech wasn't ready.
path411 11y ago
Glass seems like it's far away from becoming a HUD. From my understanding, it's essentially just a mini-screen in your peripheral vision. (This is also a big complaint I have of Google Glass. I don't think I've ever actually seen a single image from Google talking about how it looks from a wearer's point of view.) http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-y3bEjEVV8/maxresdefault.jpg http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-y3bEjEVV8/maxresdefault.jpg Is the type of pictures I typically see. This is portion of your vision blocked by a semi-transparent area so it can reflect the very small and basic text projection. When I think of HUD, I think of something that is able to overlay my vision like so: http://www.niemanlab.org/images/behavio_hud.png http://www.niemanlab.org/images/behavio_hud.png (Just first image in google search) Since neural manipulation or a screen being able to be on a contact lens are probably far away technology wise, that essentially leaves us with having to create something that can either draw or project a screen on a normal pair of glasses. Once you can wear a prescription or prescription-less pair of fairly normal looking glasses that can draw/display image/shapes/text/color anywhere on the lens, then I think the actual "revolution" will take place and everyone will quickly buy and use them constantly.

dzhiurgis 11y ago

The value for enterprise will be when technology be able to extract insights on the fly from it's client database. Think of it like Siri + CRM + HUD = on demand insights about customer needs, immediate details when a particular problem can be fixed given stock in warehouse. Also this will incredibly strain the user as simply he will have less time to pause between client interactions. Give it another decade and computer vision will be able to advise technicians that they are about to touch live wire, etc.

sixQuarks 11y ago

I somewhat agree with you, but I think 3d vs 2d for information usefulness has not been decided yet. You say if 3d was more useful, we'd have it by now. But we've never had the technology to make true 3d possible until now. It was tried in the 90s, but the tech wasn't ready.

path411 11y ago

Glass seems like it's far away from becoming a HUD. From my understanding, it's essentially just a mini-screen in your peripheral vision. (This is also a big complaint I have of Google Glass. I don't think I've ever actually seen a single image from Google talking about how it looks from a wearer's point of view.) http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-y3bEjEVV8/maxresdefault.jpg http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-y3bEjEVV8/maxresdefault.jpg Is the type of pictures I typically see. This is portion of your vision blocked by a semi-transparent area so it can reflect the very small and basic text projection. When I think of HUD, I think of something that is able to overlay my vision like so: http://www.niemanlab.org/images/behavio_hud.png http://www.niemanlab.org/images/behavio_hud.png (Just first image in google search) Since neural manipulation or a screen being able to be on a contact lens are probably far away technology wise, that essentially leaves us with having to create something that can either draw or project a screen on a normal pair of glasses. Once you can wear a prescription or prescription-less pair of fairly normal looking glasses that can draw/display image/shapes/text/color anywhere on the lens, then I think the actual "revolution" will take place and everyone will quickly buy and use them constantly.